Clarifying apparatus.



No. 733,726. 7 1 PATENTED JULY 14, 1903* T. W. MANNING.

GLARIPYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9, 1903. y

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UNITED STATES- TIMOTHY W. MANNING,

CLARIFYIN'GI fatnted July 14, 1903.

OF' sT. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,726, datedJul'y 14,1903.

Application filed Pehruary 9, 1903. $erial No. 142,637. llTo nodel.) V

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY W. MANNING, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Clarifying Apparatus; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of myinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in clarifiers used in cleaning andclarifying or brightening spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors, and isarranged and adapted so as to perform the operation of cleaning andclarifying such articles rapidly and on a large scale.

The objects of my invention are? first, to provide a simple andefficient apparatus whereby said liquids may be cleared and brightenedby drawing off the liquid to be cleared through a pipe or pipes from abarrel or tank elevated above a receiving barrel or tank and having theclarifying apparatus in communication with and located between thesupply and receiving vessel, so that a force of gravity will afford thepowerand means necessary to pass the liquid through a substantial bed ofclear paper-pulp or like fiber; second, to remove motes andforeignparticles in the liquid, and, third, to provide means to secure acontinuous flow of clarified liquid from the supply to the receivingvessels; and my invention consists in a novel construction andarrangement of parts and devices, as

herein shown and described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,similar figures of reference denote similar parts throughout the severalviews.

Figure I is a view in elevation of my improved clarifying apparatus,showing the general location and arrangement of the supply barrel orholder, the filtering and clarifying tank, and receiving barrel orholder, together withtheir framework and supports and necessary pipingand connection; Fig. II, avertical section between the filtering andclarifying tank on line 2 2 of Fig. III, showing its arrangement, parts,and connection; and Fig. III, a horizontal section showing theperforated form of bottom used in upper tray and to supply-pipe; 9,itsdischarge-faucet; 10,the I body of filtering and clarifyingtank; 11,discharge-faucet at the side of the filter and clarifier whichcommunicates with the lower compartment thereof, whereby the apparatusmay be used dispensing with receiving-barrel, if required; 12,discharge-faucet in bottom of filter and clarifying tank, alsocommunicating with its bottom compartment; 13, pipe connected to same;14, funnel for conducting clarified liquid from pipe 13; 15,thereceiving barrel or holder; 16, discharge-faucet to receiver; 17,supportingframe of filter and clarifying tank and receiving barrel orholder 18, faucet for vent-pipe of filter and clarifyin g tank; 19, thevent or air pipe thereto with open end above level of supply-holder; 20,annular flanged rim of body of filter and clarifying tank, provided withround holes matching with similar openings and flanged rim of inner toptray, top .of tank, and packing gromet, whereby the apparatus is securedfor the desired operation;-21, cover or top of filter and clarifyingtank; 22, annular inner tray or basket, fitting in the upper part of thebody of the filter and clarifying tank, having a perforated bottom andpunched and flanged rim and constituting an upper compartment of saidtank; 23, perforated bottom of said tray; "24,- punched annular grometor ring; 25, filtering-cloth or lining to annular tray 22; 26,01amp forfastening the top parts of tank secured to it or loosening same; 27, bedof paper-pulp, 28, retaining cloth lining over bottom to middle pulp-containing section; 29, perforated diaphragm forming bottom ofpulp-holding section; 30,'angle-iron supporting parts for discharge 29;31, stanchions to prevent diaphragm from sagging under unusual pressure.

Having set up the apparatus herein as described, and shown by thedrawings, its operation is as follows, viz: The supply-barrel being atits elevated position, open the faucets 9 and 5 to the supply-pipe 7,also open the air-pipe at its faucet 1S, and the liquid flows downwardinto the middle filter and clarifying tank 10, where it is deprived bythe filter-cloth lining to the tray therein of any motes or foreignparticles which it might carry with it, thence passing to the bed ofpaper-pulp contained in and occupying the space of the middle section ofthe filter and clarifying tank, it is forced through that packing andsection of tank, which operation brings about a comminution of theliquid in its passage through the pulp, rendering it brilliant and clearas it passes into the lower section of the filter and clarifying tank,from which, as I have shown, it may be drawn off either at the side ofthe tank or discharged through its bottom into a receiving barrel orholder, and from thence transferred to hottles, jugs, barrels, or anyother desired pack age fit for the market.

Having thus described my invention, that which I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a clarifying apparatus, the combination with and between therespective supply and receiving holders, of a filter and clarifyingtank, comprising an outer shell with flanged 3o rim having a removabletop secured thereto and having supply and discharge inlets at its upperand lower parts, an air-pipe, an inner removable tray provided With aflanged top and perforated bottom, and having a lining of filter-cloth,and extending inside of the outer tank forming an upper compartmenttherein; a perforated diaphragm, located approximately the same depthbelow the bottom of tray as latter is from top of tank, forming a middlecompartment therein; the pack ing of said middle chamber with paper-pulpmaterial resting on a strainer-eloth over the perforated diaphragm and alower receivingcompartment for clarified liquor all substantially asshown and described and for the purposes specified.

TIMOTHY W. MANNING.

\Vitnesses AUG. REBENACK, E. J. OBRIEN.

